Multibody dynamics is an exciting area of computational mechanics, which merges and blends various disciplines such as structural dynamics, multi-physic mechanics, computational mathematics, control theory and computer science in order to deliver methods and tools for the virtual prototyping of complex mechanical systems. Multibody dynamics plays today a central role in the modeling, analysis, simulation and optimization of mechanical systems in a variety of fields and for a wide range of industrial applications.
As new methods and procedures are being proposed at a fast pace in academia, research laboratories and industry, it becomes important to provide researchers in multibody dynamics with appropriate venues for exchanging ideas and results. To answer these needs, the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics was initiated in Lisbon in 2003, and continued in Madrid in 2005 and in Milan in 2007.
Continuing this very successful series, the next edition of the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics will be held at the Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, from 29th June to 2nd July 2009. The Conference aims at providing a forum for discussion and technical exchanges on the most recent advances in this rapidly growing field.
